Word: taejon
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...South Koreans had no tanks, no combat aircraft. Since they also lacked effective antitank guns, the appearance of the enemy's squat, death-dealing T-34s spread terror. Seoul fell without any semblance of a real battle. Syngman Rhee's government fled to Taejon-the first of its three forced moves during three months...
These two U.S. battalions were committed piecemeal at Osan, to delay the enemy's approach to the Kum River line and Taejon. The Americans, at this stage, had no tanks and their light bazookas and antitank weapons were no match for the Red armor. They fell back. But their gallant action had served, at least, as a temporary roadblock, and it forced the first great tactical mistake of the North Koreans. Apparently overestimating the U.S. strength, the Communists chose to deploy (see map). If they had driven straight on with their main armored force, they would have overrun...
...from the flank and rear. The Kum line could not be held. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division and the 25th Infantry Division arrived from Japan to help the battered 24th, and Lieut. General Walton Walker was appointed MacArthur's ground cornmander in Korea. The Americans fell back from Taejon to Kumchon, the next important junction on the rail and road line to Pusan...
...third week of war in Korea. U.S. troops were still falling back. Their defense position was breached; on the south bank of the Kum River they were threatened with envelopment from the flanks. It was obvious that they would have to pull out of the salient around Taejon and continue to fight a long delaying action. How far would they have to retreat before they were strong enough to make a comeback against the North Koreans...
...first two: from Seoul to Taejon, from Taejon to Taegu...